Guild craft fair in Asheville this weekend

10:59 AM,
Jul. 19, 2013

Artwork by Marc Tickle, one of the exhibitors at this weekend's craft fair in the U.S. Cellular Center.

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For Alex Matisse, every piece of pottery starts as a new problem - and ends as a wood-fired answer.

"It's a tremendous challenge," said Matisse, 29, of East Fork Pottery near Marshall. "I could work two lifetimes and keep improving my skills, my throwing skills, exploring new aesthetics ... it keeps the work moving forward and changing."

Matisse's latest answer will be for sale at the 66th annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Asheville July 18-21. ...